Two soap-like bubbles, unfitting for the sheer cliff face, floated lightly upward.
Though the cliff was swept by a rough updraft, the two bubbles ascended peacefully, eventually settling on the ground.

Pop!

The bubbles burst as they landed, and Lodbrok chuckled lightly.

“Chaos on the way in, and chaos on the way out, huh.”

“So it seems,” Theo replied, recalling the recent events with a weary expression.

He was still slightly startled, having been thrust back to the edge of the cliff the moment he opened his eyes.

‘Just who was that place meant for?’

From that grand sanctuary, …